banausic

American  

[buh-naw-sik, -zik] / bəˈnɔ sɪk, -zɪk /

adjective

1. serving utilitarian purposes only; mechanical; practical.

   architecture that was more banausic than inspired.

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banausic British  

/ bəˈnɔːsɪk /

adjective

1. merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian

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Etymology

Origin of banausic

First recorded in 1835–45; from Greek banausikós, equivalent to bánaus(os) “pertaining to an artisan,” derivative of baûnos “furnace, forge” + -ikos -ic

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Example Sentences

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banausic

The gainful occupations, or any occupations pursued for gain, were "banausic," which meant that they had an effect opposite to that of cultivation.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner

The burghers began to tune the melodies of a new music: a banausic artisan song.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Hermann Schoenfeld

Compare the category of banausic trades in de Off, 1.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge

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